Japan Tobacco’s HIF-PH inhibitor enarodustat showed non-inferiority versus the erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) Nesp (darbepoetin alfa) for the treatment of renal anemia in both non-dialysis and hemodialysis patients with chronic kidney disease. JT and its subsidiary Torii Pharmaceutical said on July…
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